Monthly Archives: May 2008
Chip Taylor/Carrie Rodriguez – Ruhr
This live set features an especially outstanding back-up band. Festival curator and virtuoso jazz guitarist Bill Frisell joins Greg Leisz on steel guitar and...
Lucky Tomblin – Red Hot From Blue Rock
Another surefire batch of songs with great pickin' by the amazing Redd Volkaert and John Reed, many of these songs fit into the honky-tonk...
Steve Khan – Borrowed Time
Steve Khan once again proves he's among the top guitarists of his generation. Khan has always been a fine composer and writer, but here...
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
The most guitar-heavy album yet from Wilco has Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, and Pat Sansone weaving parts like insane musical tailors. A perfect example...
Scott Biram – Graveyard Shift
Scott Biram is one of those musicians - like Lightnin' Hopkins with a bent toward heavy metal, or Red Simpson meets Tom Waits. Or...
Pink Floyd – Meddle: A Classic Album Under Review
Pink Floyd on DVD
Meddle: A Classic Album Under Review analyzes this pivotal Pink Floyd record from 1971. Released two years before the mega-success of...
Randy Kohrs – Old Photograph
Randy Kohrs' life story reads like a Nashville fairy tale. He came to town in 1994 and played dobro behind Hank Williams III, Tom...
Jake Shimabukuro – Hula Girls
Just as he did with his incredible solo version of George Harrison's "While
My Guitar Gently Weeps" on his 2006 CD, Gently Weeps, this 31-year-old ukulele...
Grant Green – His Majesty King Funk
It's been awhile since we saw and heard any vinyl, but these welcome guitar releases come courtesy of the fine folks at Sundazed. The...
Bob Seger – Face The Promise
Anyone who saw Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's Letterman appearance several weeks ago can attest that he's lost none of his power...